CSK misses Playoffs

Chennai Super Kings lost to Rajasthan Royals last night and are no longer in the run in this years' IPL.

The three-time champions are at a position where one more defeat can end their playoff hopes, also subject to how other teams fare.

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals clashed in the Indian Premier League with their eyes on the play-off spot. Chennai Super Kings are all out of the IPL 2020 playoffs race. CSK endured their 7th loss in 10 games as RR handed them a 7-wicket defeat on Monday. Skipper MS Dhoni cited “lack of spark in youngsters” as one of the reasons behind not backing them.

Former India captain Kris Srikkanth after CSK's loss yesterday slammed Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his "did not see a spark in some of our youngsters" comment during the post-match presentation.

Srikkanth also raised questions over Dhoni's decision to include players like Kedar Jadhav and Piyush Chawla in the playing XI of the squad.

CSK fans are unhappy over the performance of the champions squad in this year's IPL. Dhoni in the post-match presentation said, "It's fair enough the criticism for not playing youngsters, this season we weren't there. Maybe we didn't see as much spark from some of our youngsters. Maybe going forward we bring them in and they play without pressure," Dhoni had said.

Reacting to Dhoni's comments, Srikkanth, while speaking to Star Sports Tamil, said that Dhoni undoubtedly is a "great cricketer" but he won't accept his views after the RR match tonight. The 60-year-old slammed Dhoni's "believing in the process" comment as well and said, "I won't accept what Dhoni is saying. This talk of process, process... I won't agree with that. You're talking about process, but the process of selection itself is wrong."